"double fault" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: double faults [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} double fault (plural double faults)
  1. (tennis) The missing of both the first serve and second serve, resulting in a point for the receiver. Categories (topical): Tennis Translations (missing of both the first serve and second serve): doble falta (Catalan), 雙誤 /双误 (shuāngwù) (Chinese Mandarin), dvojchyba [feminine] (Czech), dobbeltfejl [common-gender] (Danish), dubbelfout [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), kaksoisvirhe (Finnish), double faute [feminine] (French), Doppelfehler [masculine] (German), kettős hiba (Hungarian), botún dúbailte [masculine] (Irish), doppio fallo [masculine] (Italian), dobbeltfeil [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), двойна́я оши́бка (dvojnája ošíbka) [feminine] (Russian), doble falta [feminine] (Spanish), dubbelfel [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-double_fault-en-noun-NahA7Lih Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 45 55 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis Disambiguation of 'missing of both the first serve and second serve': 85 15
  2. (computing) An exception thrown by the CPU while trying to call the handler of another exception (e.g. the exception handler is invalid or the call stack has overflowed). Categories (topical): Computing Translations (computing: CPU exception thrown while trying to handle another exception): kaksoisvirhe (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-double_fault-en-noun-i5lvI1r8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 43 57 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: CPU exception thrown while trying to handle another exception': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: triple fault [computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences]

Inflected forms

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